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Hip hop power couple Beyoncé and Jay Z took time over the holidays to give U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Kuwait a memorable New Year’s Eve.

“Racism is taught in the home,” Jay-Z said. “I truly believe that racism is taught when you’re young. So it’s very difficult to teach racism when your kid looks up to Snoop Doggy Dogg.”

According to People, the two chart toppers performed the “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture popularized in protests over the death of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown as they celebrated Jay Z’s 45th birthday in Iceland.

Jay-Z and Beyonce just lost out on a $70 million mansion in Beverly Hills to Markus Persson, aka “Notch,” the Swedish creator of the video game Minecraft. The opulent home, complete with a car showroom, move theater, candy room, and

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s agenda to put horse-drawn carriage rides out to pasture now has an ally in the animal rights group PETA.  PETA has announced the release of a new ad campaign in support of the

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo met with Russell Simmons, Jay Z, and Common on Wednesday to discuss reforms in the criminal justice system, reports the Associated Press.  The celebrity group reportedly called the meeting with Cuomo to advocate for changes

NEW YORK (AP) — Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, wrapped up their first visit to New York in a three-day whirlwind that included a black-tie reception, a meeting with the other king, LeBron James, and a solemn, rain-drenched

“FEMINIST” blared the stage behind Beyoncé at MTV’s Video Music Awards in August this year. No true megastar would feel the need to declare themselves on the subject one way or another, but the stunt was typical of the neediest,

Recently elected Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi addressed the Global Citizen Festival’s 60,000+ crowd in Central Park, New York City this past weekend. Modi, who was joined on stage by actor Hugh Jackman, was received with raucous applause after

Beyonce and Jay-Z, who together have sold millions of albums, are reportedly eyeing a Beverly Hills estate that is estimated at $85 million.  TMZ reported that “Jay and Bey” have made multiple visits to a 23,000 square foot mansion that

A man leaped to his death on Monday afternoon from the 12th floor of the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Fred Corral, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office investigation division, confirmed with Breitbart News Network this morning

Rapper Jay-Z turned a concert stage into a political soapbox this week, all in an effort to bolster California’s Proposition 47. The Obama supporter leveraged Tuesday’s concert at the Rose Bowl into a pitch for the legislation, which some say

San Diego resident Roberto Alcaraz-Garnica was arrested Saturday night at a Beyoncé and Jay-Z concert for allegedly groping a young woman and biting off her boyfriend’s fingertip. Reports and accounts of the incident state the 25-year-old Alcaraz-Garnica allegedly sexually assaulted

Singer Katy Perry has heard enough about the so-called Illuminati, the mystery group some say wields significant influence over society. She wants in. Perry, talking to Rolling Stone about the mysterious organization, says she wouldn’t mind finding out how to

Anti-Semitic attacks in Britain rose by a third in the first six months of this year, according to figures from the Jewish group The Community Security Trust (CST). Their statistics show 304 anti-Semitic incidents were reported between January and June,

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Jeter was a huge hit from the very start in his final All-Star game. Batting leadoff for the American League, the 40-year-old shortstop for the New York Yankees soaked in an ovation that lasted more than

Derek Jeter plays in his fourteenth and final All-Star Game tonight at Target Field in Minneapolis. Nike pays its respect to the retiring 20-year veteran with a moving commercial during the Midsummer Classic. Set to a stark piano soundtrack sans

President Obama dismissed the idea of visiting the border on Wednesday, explaining that he wasn’t interested in photo ops while trying to solve a problem. “This is not theater. This is a problem,” he said. “I’m not interested in photo

‘The Last Ship’ Premieres Sunday on TNT The Great Adam Baldwin,who can’t seem to star in anything that doesn’t rise to the level of a cult classic (“My Bodyguard,” “Firefly,” “Full Metal Jacket,” “Chuck”) co-stars in a brand new TNT

In a video featuring cameos from actors Sean Penn, Jake Gyllenhaal, Don Cheadle and others and directed by Melina Matsoukas, a four-minute video titled “Run” is a fake movie trailer which features Jay-Z’s and Beyonce as outlaw lovers on a

In the cold open of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” season finale, Jay Pharoah as Jay-Z and Sasheer Zamata as Solange gave their take of the now infamous TMZ video that showed a dispute between the two that got physical in

On ABC’s “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said that Jay-Z had the “right” to hit his sister-in-law Solange Knowles back when she was hitting and kicking him in a hotel elevator. “I think Solange was ready for him to do

NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard Hotel in New York City says it is investigating the leak of a security video that appears to show Beyonce’s sister, Solange, attacking Jay Z. Asked about the video on Monday by The Associated

A simple elevator ride turned into a fist fight last week involving two of the biggest musicians on the planet. Rapper Jay-Z and Beyoncé were riding on an elevator May 5 at a Met Gala after party in New York

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said that the entire BBC scheduling team should be fired because of their hypocrisy over the ‘N word’ after numerous incidents in recent weeks.  David Lowe, from BBC Radio Devon lost his job after

In his regular Saturday column, Dan Fleuette discusses and comments on the latest news from the world of lacrosse. Be sure to check this space every Saturday at Breitbart Sports for incisive analysis and news of all things lacrosse. National

In a new song, Jay Z mocks Drake and calls lacrosse players soft.  That did not sit well with Major League Lacrosse, which asked its fans how long they thought Jay Z would last in a lacrosse game.  So @S_C_

First, call the ‘five percenters’ what it is. Initially like Kwanzaa another made-up black nationalist movement but with a perverted racist and sexist twist that has now taken on gang affiliation as classified by many state prison systems. There’s real danger

Jay-Z makes a statement whenever he sits courtside, particularly when his wife Beyonce is by his side. On Tuesday, the rapper’s choice of bling may have spoken for him. Jay-Z sported a large circular pendant, a golden symbol of Five

Viewers who felt Beyonce’s opening number alongside husband Jay-Z at last month’s Grammy Awards was too steamy might want to avoid the singer’s latest video altogether. Beyonce’s Partition video finds Queen Bey writhing on a stripper’s pole, making crude Monica

Jeremy Bird, the man who has been called Barack Obama’s “secret weapon” and the leader of Battleground Texas went on a mini-rant on Twitter on Tuesday February 18, attacking Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott for campaigning with Ted Nugent over

On Friday’s “The Tonight Show” on NBC, host Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake teamed up to cover hip hop from the 80’s hits of Beastie Boys to the 00’s hits of Jay-Z…

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Beyonce is one of the world’s most scrutinized pop stars, and now that study is moving to academia. The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University is offering a course called “Politicizing Beyonce.”

Music super couple Beyonce and Jay-Z showed the world their passion for each other during the Grammys’ opening musical number Sunday night. Their heat drew plenty of complaints from parents watching the awards telecast, and they let their voices be

Justin Bieber may not have been humbled by his arrest on DUI charges Thursday. The pop star released an Instagram graphic earlier today that showed a picture of him waving to fans after his arrest in Miami next to an

The urban celebrity website Mediatakeout made waves Tuesday with what it claims is a “world exclusive” on the lavish celebrations of Blue Ivy Carter’s birthday. According to the site, Jay Z and Beyoncé have bought the girl a purebred Arabian horse.